The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCHR) today announced a settlement that could be a game-changer in the…

Of all New York’s monuments and statues, the best known is probably the Statue of Liberty, the iconic green woman…

I flew to New York City last Thursday for The Root 100 gala and left yesterday evening after a marketing meeting at…

A portion of music legend Aretha Franklin’s extensive wardrobe will be up for auction on Saturday, Nov. 10, at New York…

To examine the injustice and inequality that prompted some NFL players to protest during the national anthem, each…

Over the weekend, videos and photos of the alt-right group the Proud Boys beating up protesters outside a Republican…

Broken Windows, the now-debunked criminal justice theory that provided what many deem an academic justification for…

In a taped confession, the white man who stands accused of brutally murdering a black man in Times Square with a sword…

I recently wrote about my first visit to Martha’s Vineyard and some of my impressions. ‘Twas a splendiferous time. But…

Here’s a not-so-fun fact: While we spend Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2018 raging against the sexist, racist,…

On Thursday night New York City released several thousand documents, recordings and other materials detailing the…

For years, New York City has claimed that only 19 children living in New York City Public Housing (NYCHA) in the last…

I’m a black-movie connoisseur and African-American-movie advocate. If a black movie exists, I’m checking it out and I…

If Paris is the City of Lights, then New York is the City of Hustle. Perhaps no other city in the world is so…

A 27-year-old Brooklynite was just trying to get help from the cops when he gave them a call. Instead, the New York…

A Bronx, N.Y., legal assistant and his attorney are pushing for assault charges to be upgraded to a hate crime after a…

A black man, who for some reason unknown to the great ancestors was wearing a Donald Trump-branded “Make America Great…

Tamika Mallory didn’t leave any wiggle room for misinterpretation when she took the mic after Minister Kirsten John Foy…

Editor’s note: This is satire. What is satire, you ask? According to Dictionary.com, satire is the use of humor, irony,…

I’m a simple person who finds pleasure in the simple things in life. But of the many simple things I enjoy—watching the…